Marine

Hooktooth shark

Chaenogaleus macrostoma

The hooktooth shark has a slender body and elongated snout. The large oval eyes are horizontally …

Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin

Sousa chinensis

The Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin has a strong, stocky body. The eyes are relatively small. Fins and …

Indonesian coelacanth

Latimeria menadoensis

Instead of vertebrae, the Indonesian coelacanth has a thick tube containing a highly pressurized fluid. An …

Kitefin shark

Dalatias licha

The kitefin shark has a moderately sized, elongate body with a short and blunt snout. The …

Longtail butterfly ray

Gymnura poecilura

The snout of the long-tailed butterfly ray is short and broad with a protruding tip. The …

Marbled electric ray

Torpedo marmorata

Their bodies are soft and flaccid. On either side of the head, electrically paired kidney-shaped organs …

Marlin, Blue

Makaira nigricans and Makaira mazara

The pectoral fins of the blue marlin are never rigid, even after death, and can be …

Milk shark

Rhizoprionodon acutus

The Milk Shark is characterized by a slender build, a long pointed snout, large round eyes …

Nurse shark

Ginglymostoma cirratum

When viewed from above or from the side, the head of juvenile sharks is broadly arched, …

Pale-edged stingray

Telatrygon zugei

The pectoral fins of these rays fuse with the head to form a diamond-shaped flat disc, …

Pike icefish

Champsocephalus esox

The species was given its Latin name because of its resemblance to the common pike (Esox …

Pink whipray

Pateobatis fai

Pectoral fin disk, thickened in the middle, about 1.1-1.2 times as wide as long. The outer …

Roughtail stingray

Bathytoshia centroura

The snout of the roughtail ray is blunt and slightly elongated. Behind the small eyes are …

Round ribbontail ray

Taeniurops meyeni

The pectoral fins of these rays fuse with the head to form a thick oval disc …

Sailfish

Istiophorus platypterus

Body elongated, compressed from sides. Snout in form of elongated, spear-shaped rostrum, round in cross-section. The …

Shark, Blacktip

Carcharhinus limbatus

Dark bluish-gray on the back and whitish underneath, with a distinctive silvery-white stripe on each side. …

Shark, Bull

Carcharhinus leucas

The Bull shark gets its name from its bull-like head and is known for its heavy …

Shark, Lemon

Negaprion brevirostris

It is usually yellow-brown, but can also be a dirty dark brown or dark gray with …

Shark, Porbeagle

Lamna nasus

The porbeagle has a strong, cobalt blue body with a perfectly conical snout ending in a …

Sheephead, California

Semicossyphus pulcher

The body is elongated, strong and compressed. This species is hermaphroditic: it begins life as a …

Shi drum

Umbrina cirrosa

Body elongated, high, slightly compressed at the sides. Muzzle short and blunt. Small mouth with fine …

Sicklefin weasel shark

Hemigaleus microstoma

The sicklefin weasel shark has a slender body and a rounded, rather elongated snout. The large …

Silky shark

Carcharhinus falciformis

The name "Silky" was given to the shark because of its soft, placoid scales. The silky …

Silver pomfret

Pampus argenteus

Body very large, strongly compressed at the sides, with hard muscles. Caudal peduncle compressed at the …